Phoenix by Kevin - Panart - 1/84 - Ex Amerigo Vespucci - restarted June 2020

[Old Collingwood]

Great to see you back on with this  creating little engineering marvels  - so love what you are creating.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

thank you OC

 

i am quite happy with what i am doing, i would be over the moon, if i knew what being done was the right size

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, Kevin said:

thank you OC

 

i am quite happy with what i am doing, i would be over the moon, if i knew what being done was the right size

Just eyeball it mate  - if it looks good to you  - thats all that matters  - its looking  more than nice from here.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

the foremast continues, everytime i look at the donar build, i see something new to add, looks like rope ladders next

seams like a lifetime away from getting close to this

 

[Old Collingwood]

I love the detail you are putting into this mate  - really really impressive.

 

OC.

[Beef Wellington]

Very nice update Kevin, there seems to be a lot of soldering required for the various fittings, that alone would scare me away but you've done a great job.  Seems that the more modern sailing ships and non-military have no armament to worry about, but looks like the work needed on the more complicated metal fittings seem to more than make up for that.

[Kevin]

11 hours ago, Beef Wellington said:

Very nice update Kevin, there seems to be a lot of soldering required for the various fittings, that alone would scare me away but you've done a great job.  Seems that the more modern sailing ships and non-military have no armament to worry about, but looks like the work needed on the more complicated metal fittings seem to more than make up for that.

thank you

i am perhaps doing more soldering than required, and i think i am getting better, the one thing about the metal work, is that its a lot stronger than traditional Evergreen (other plastic bits are available), and once i left the bare metal on the upper deck it seamed to make sense to me to follow it on through the build

 

 

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well most of the foremast is complete now, brackets for navigation lights, and placing some of the blocks, along with rope ladders still to be made

 

although temp in place for now i then run a few of the lines from the bowsprit through and im quite happy with the result

 

next im thinking of making up the main and mizzen 

 

im getting used to just making bits, they are not always pretty

netting completes the foremast top

[Old Collingwood]

Excellent work mate.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

i decided to continue with the front end of the build and take the bowsprit towards completion, i might then move back onto the Enterprise, as some of the comments on here made me feel more confident towards taking her forward

 

i had , what i thought was a good idea, but i guess it wasn't as no one else had tried it, that was to use a different coloured thread to use as templates to ensure everything was snag free, for that purpose it works fine, but to get a sense of what its going to look like (dont work) as it carries no weight

 

all blocks that attach to pintles or none rope tend to have round collets, i have tried to replicate this using and alternative evergreen tube

 

this is my bowsprit rigging plan, and bears absolutely no resemblance to the kit plans, to tells me the size of rope and where it is belayed/ fixed to

 

start of my coloured thread experiment to get a snag free runs

some lines go to the same fixing point, so i am having to adapt my work (lol again)

not a briiliant photo as the collets have bunched up up the middle one has to fixing point on the top

 

[Kevin]

Good afternoon everyone

 

just finished the display case, im happy with it

 

[yvesvidal]

Beautiful collection. That trawler is enormous.

 

Yves

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Beautiful collection. That trawler is enormous.

 

Yves

thank you 

yes the St Nectan is still my favourite build

[Old Collingwood]

Now thats what I call a Display   - lovely work mate.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks fantastic Kevin!  Great display for your works of art!

[Kevin]

Thank you for the nice comments

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

 

although i have the intentions of a break for a couple of weeks from the AV i have slowly been getting on with her

most of the starboard side bowsprit lines are in and the lines for the Port side are made up ready

it is much slower this build as i have to make the lines, then stain them, but im happy with the progress

 

[Kevin]

put away for another day, i will be bringing the Enterprise back to the table soon into the cabinet she goes

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well i have had a few weeks away from the mancave, DIY, Gardening and looking forward to being in the mancave again, But i am going back to the Amerigo, i really want to finish this, and the condition with the admiral is, nothing new until she is complete, the addition of the sails is not in the contract, 

that gives me a while maybe another 4 moths to finish the rigging at least and time to think about whats next

i like to think ahead

a large paddle steamer - Like the Talisman i have a 1/48 hull and plans

 or a ferry kit from linkspan

Linkspan Models

 

i also love the new @chris watton Spinix

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

30 minutes ago, Kevin said:

good evening everyone

 

well i have had a few weeks away from the mancave, DIY, Gardening and looking forward to being in the mancave again, But i am going back to the Amerigo, i really want to finish this, and the condition with the admiral is, nothing new until she is complete, the addition of the sails is not in the contract, 

that gives me a while maybe another 4 moths to finish the rigging at least and time to think about whats next

i like to think ahead

a large paddle steamer - Like the Talisman i have a 1/48 hull and plans

 or a ferry kit from linkspan

Linkspan Models

 

i also love the new @chris watton Spinix

 

Liking the look of your next project mate,     but also Amerigo.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

lol it took me quite a while to sort out everything and get to where i left off

 

main mast, 

i am finding it difficult to get any distance between the parts of the mast that overlap, the metal fittings are drilled out as much as i dare, whilst i ponder that i got on with the upper platform spreaders

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

nice to get back into a subject i enjoy, the main mast continues to be build up, hope to have it completed by the end of the coming weekend

[Kevin]

good afternoon everyone

futtock shrouds were done today which then meant i could get on with the rest of the main mast

upper spreaders done made yesterday , have now been fitted

 

surprising is the fact the the main mast is very similar size wise to the foremast

 

Edited September 17, 2021 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

That is looking splendid mate   - so much fine detail  with the shrouds   - really coming on,

 

OC.

[Kevin]

43 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said:

That is looking splendid mate   - so much fine detail  with the shrouds   - really coming on,

 

OC.

ty OC the mizzen is next then hoping to start the upper shrouds at the same time as adding all the missing detail on the decks, 

 

why is it that im happiest building boats then after a while i want to do something else, get bored with that very quickly and come back to the main build

 

 

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good, Kevin!

[Kevin]

Just now, GrandpaPhil said:

Looking good, Kevin!

Thank you

[Kevin]

lol 

sometimes i wonder if i have ever learnt anything in model boat building

yes i have only  built kits, and as a result i used in most cases what is supplied, but today i noticed that with the revised build details the call out for the Amerigo is 16 sizes of rope,  8 cordage and the same in steel, but what i didnt know was that even the shrouds are different diameters

 

[kentyler]

I feel you man. The you have to deal with the difference between the two different directions the ropes can be twisted when made...and which side of the ship each kind goes on...and if you are making your own ropes...it gives me a headache.

[Kevin]

8 hours ago, kentyler said:

I feel you man. The you have to deal with the difference between the two different directions the ropes can be twisted when made...and which side of the ship each kind goes on...and if you are making your own ropes...it gives me a headache.

i am making my own ropes, using the @Alexey Domanoff VR 3.1 machine and Mara 30, 70, 100 and 120 threads